‘Your Leaders Reflect You’ by Orya Maqbool Jan

By Orya Maqbool Jan | Daily Express

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Gov. urged to curb corruption and Opposition Senator Khurshid Ahmed resisted Flood Tax

By Business Recorder ISLAMABAD  (September 22, 2010) : Opposition Senators have strongly opposed the imposition of flood tax, urging the government to create fiscal space by reducing expenditures and curbing corruption in various institutions. Taking part in the debate, Senator Professor Khurshsid Ahmed said that the government should reduce its expenditure and control massive annual corruption [...]

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Pakistan: a client of more than one state

China has been Pakistan’s firmest ally for 60 years – and it is to Beijing that Islamabad looks to counterbalance the influence of western largesse. By Mustafa Qadri Pakistan’s special relationship with the United States may have taken centre stage since the attacks of 11 September 2001, but in China it has another enduring great [...]

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Pakistan and China’s economic cooperation

By Ismat Sabir China is a friend and a strategic partner promoting stability and economic progress in Pakistan, said Chinese President Hu Jintao. While responding to this statement, President Asif Ali Zardari said, “It is our belief that Pakistan can act as a force multiplier for China and we will continue to work towards this [...]

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Politicians go unpunished for faking degrees

We protest in every forum that developed nations treat Pakistan like a slave, and that everyone suspects Pakistanis of dishonesty, yet no one understands that it is precisely because of actions such as those of our politicians that the world believes we are terrorists and cheaters. Who would trust a country whose politicians are declared criminals and cheaters and even then are not embarrassed by their actions?

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Taliban-ISI Report Makes No Sense

By New Pakistan I finally got around to reading the new report by Mr Matt Waldman from London School of Economics. I could barely get through it without groaning. This is the quality of work coming out of LSE? Very disappointing. It seems like Mr Waldman is perhaps out to make a name for himself [...]

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ISI charged

Daily Times Editorial As the stipulated date for phased exit of US forces from Afghanistan draws closer, there is a corresponding increase in the frenzy of all players to secure their respective turf in post-withdrawal Afghanistan. It is in this context that the recent publication of a controversial report by the London School of Economics, [...]

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Musharraf Phobia

By Ahmad Subhani Belonging as I do to a middle class family, and as such, considering myself to be a representative voice of the silent majority, I hereby venture to discuss the state of affairs prevailing in our dear homeland, Pakistan. As a non-partisan Pakistani, I after a lapse of long period of time found [...]

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Poverty Grows

AS the Senate of Pakistan started a debate on an adjournment motion about the increasing prices in Pakistan, the government-owned gas distribution companies showed why poverty is increasing, by applying for an increase in their tariffs in July. The Senate heard Professor Khurshid Ahmad of the Jamaat-e-Islami, and an economic expert, open the debate by [...]

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Have Humanity Oh Politicians of Pakistan

Oh Politicians of Pakistan, Rightist and Leftists, Islamists and Secularists, Illiterates and Phds, Ignorant and Intelligent, do you not see what is happening in your country. Do you not feel the pain of all these innocent lives that are being taken every other day? Have you all lost your humanity? You all claim to be [...]

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